Oscar 2021, Laura Pausini in a golden suit on the roof of the Academy Museum

There is a red piano that fills the scene, one of the most important roofs in the world and in the center Laura Pausini shining in a gorgeous golden suit. To design it for her, Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of the Maison Valentino. All around, the orchestra, all in red and the lights of Los Angeles in the background.

These are the shots published by Laura Pausini directly from the roof of theAcademy Museum of Motion Pictures where the artist recorded his performance that will open the 2021 Oscars ceremony. His performance, like all the others in the pre-show, will not be broadcast live.

Laura Pausini, protagonist of the latest issue of Vanity Fair on newsstands until April 27, is nominated for an Oscar as Best Original Song of the film The Life ahead (Life ahead) by Edoardo Ponti with Sophia Loren. A record milestone: the song IO SI, written with Diane Warren and Niccolò Agliardi is in fact the first candidate song in Italian and Laura Pausini will propose it in an exclusive performance from the roof of the Dolby Theater as anticipated by the shots she herself published on social media .

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“It was all so magical”, he wrote next to the photos in which he shows the moments of the performance, shining with his own light in his suit studded with gold sequins, worn naturally, keeping the sleeves curled at the elbows. On the feet, strictly black pumps with stiletto heels and studs on the tips, while the free and very smooth hair, typical of the artist’s look. Dark nail polish, eyeliner to define the eyes and matte effect lipstick on the lips.

“If I lose, I’ll feel like a winner because, let’s face it, but who would have thought I’d come this far!” confessed in the exclusive interview given to Vanity Fair. “In life I have learned to be grateful because I have been truly privileged. If I win then I get up, I scream, I hope not to swear while my heart will surely burst. But the thing that most of all I will want to do is return to Italy to hold my daughter in my arms. Strong. Indeed no, very strong ».

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